
Children do not arrive at the ECD center as blank slates. They arrive carrying their homes, their streets, their languages, their hunger, their songs, and their stories. Sociology teaches us that learning is not an isolated, cognitive act. It is a social act, shaped by class, culture, language, poverty, family structure, and community (Vygotsky, 1978).

Children do not arrive at the ECD center as blank slates. They arrive carrying their homes, their streets, their languages, their hunger, their songs, and their stories. Sociology teaches us that learning is not an isolated, cognitive act. It is a social act, shaped by class, culture, language, poverty, family structure, and community (Vygotsky, 1978).
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